Glucose metabolic changes in nontumoral brain tissue of patients with brain tumor following radiotherapy: A preliminary study

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 709-714

  Wang, Gene Jack ^a,c   Volkow, Nora D ^a   Lau, Yat Hong ^c   Fowler, Joanna S ^b   Meek, Allen G ^c   Park, Tae L ^c   Wong, Christopher ^a   Roque, Clemente T ^c   Adler, Arvin J ^c   Wolf, Alfred P ^b  

^a BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain, metabolism; Brain, neoplasms; Emission computed tomography; Radiation, effects

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; GLUCOSE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; METABOLISM; RADIOTHERAPY; TUMORS;

2-DEOXY-2; BRAIN METABOLISM; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; BRAIN TISSUE; BRAIN TUMORS; D-GLUCOSE; EMISSION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; METABOLIC CHANGES; TUMOR METABOLISMS;

RADIATION EFFECTS;

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN METABOLISM; BRAIN METASTASIS; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BRAIN LEVEL; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 9544254833     PISSN: 03638715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004728-199609000-00004     Document Type: Article

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